Non-health related fatalities

Road traffic accidents take around 1.35 million lives globally every year and cost most countries 3% of their GDP, a recent road safety summit in Sweden revealed.

A tower crane hire company has been fined after a worker fell two metres when the podium steps he was working on toppled over.

Since its introduction nearly two decades ago, telematics – the combination of telecommunications and infomatics – has come a long way in reducing the risks of driver distraction.

The failure to properly plan and appropriately supervise work at height has led to a £60,000 fine for a Basingstoke roofing firm.

The manager of a nightclub where a man plunged 40ft to his death when he fell over a “low level” barrier has been prosecuted.

Transport for London (TfL) has announced a trial that involves playing an artificial sound through speakers on the front of the new generation hybrid and electric buses.

The contracts manager of a roofing firm has been jailed after forging health and safety documents after a worker fell to his death.

A roofing company has been convicted of safety breaches after a worker sustained serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder while holding a bucket of broken tiles.

A construction company has been ordered to pay $151,578.21 to a worker who was left permanently paralysed from the chest down after falling about two metres and landing on his head.

The director of a solar panel company in Worcestershire has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and to pay costs of £15,000 after his brother fell to his death while installing solar panels.